As a follow-up regarding the attack on University of Michigan defenceman Steve Kampfer by Michigan State University forwards Corey Tropp and Andrew Conboy...The Detroit Free Press's George Sipple reports that MSU has suspended the pair for the balance of the CCHA season:

January 27, Detroit Free Press: Michigan State coach Rick Comley suspended sophomore forward Corey Tropp and freshman forward Andrew Conboy for the remainder of the season Monday, following an incident Saturday night in a 5-3 loss at Michigan.

Conboy grabbed U-M defenseman Steve Kampfer from behind and knocked him to the ice. Tropp then slashed Kampfer with his stick in the neck area as he lay on the ice.

Kampfer was not seriously injured and is expected to play this weekend. Kampfer was playing in his 10th game this season after suffering a cracked skull and fractured neck in an on-campus incident in October.

"What happened near the end of the game this weekend is not the way in which we want our hockey program represented," Comley said in a statement. "We cannot condone their actions. We felt that we had to send a strong message that this behavior will not be tolerated.

"However, one thing needs to be clear -- this was an incident that was an emotional, split-second action, for which these players are being punished. I don't want this to be portrayed that this was anything premeditated or that any single player was targeted."

Sipple also posted a better video of the incident:

Ken Daniels sums the incident up as follows, "And you see it in college, you see it in the pro ranks, whenever there's a good hit, why does there have to be retribution, always? It wasn't like that years ago, you put a good hit on somebody, and it's a good hit."